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sourly

ADVERB
  1. in a sour manner
    he complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers

How To Use sourly In A Sentence

  • However, even the wisdom of a political boss is not infallible, and despite the succulent graces of the barbecue numbers of the ascetic and jeans-clad elder worthies, though fed to repletion, collogued unhappily together among the ox-teams and canvas-hooded wagons on the slope, commenting sourly on the frivolity of the dance. Una Of The Hill Country 1911
  • Their ill-tempered personalisation of the controversy through sourly self-justificatory sound-bites merely brought broadcasting disputation to an unseemly new low.
  • But the comedy is ghastly dull, the choreography fussy and boring - a yawn a minute, I thought sourly.
  • β€˜He won't talk ’, Mamoru grunted sourly, slouching back in his chair.
  • Rather sourly he acknowledged Peter, glowered at Anna, and settled himself at the table for his midday repast. NOBLE BEGINNNINGS
  • Her face grew momently darker , more dissatisfied and more sourly expressive of disappointment.
  • Madame Bron, who had been thirty years in the theatre, replied quite sourly.
  • Evers was grumbling sourly under his breath at the sink, the cigar wigwagging from his mouth. The Best Way to Lose
  • "It's not funny, " he grumbled sourly, and I laughed harder.
  • he complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers
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